Archives for March 2016

ACU seems to be taking into account that the price of its education needs to match the value of its education, as the university offers a plethora of resources and opportunities students can't get at many other places while growing in a spiritual community while constantly finding ways to improve the university to promote innovation. The value ... [Read More…]

Here at ACU there are 10 classes every student is required to take in order to graduate that they cannot be exempted from. Four of these classes consist of BIBL 101 Jesus: His Life and Teachings, BIBL 102 Life, Literature, and Community, BIBL 211 Message of the Old Testament and finally an advanced bible, which can be satisfied in several different ... [Read More…]

Choosing a college is hard because they are a lot of factors to consider. Majors, the size of the campus, proximity to home, cost of tuition and several other determinants, but I never really considered the food served on campus. Now looking back, I realize my decision would have been easier if I had tasted the mouthwatering deliciousness of the ... [Read More…]

The National Basketball Association's fan voting for the All-Star game is broken. The once gleaming idea that fans could vote their favorite players in as starters has been reduced to a system that robs deserving players of an opportunity to gain national recognition for their achievements. On paper, the idea seems great. Fans get to see their ... [Read More…]

Why is it that many toss anime off to the side, calling it "childish" or say "it's just a cartoon", when many anime shows deal with heavy issues, such as mental illness and suicide? These shows portray these topics in a realistic sense, not like many shows in america that toss it off to the side as if it's nothing? "Neon Genesis Evangelion" ... [Read More…]

"All I need is coffee and Jesus." It's a popular phrase on mugs, T-shirts and Instagram. It's a phrase heard often on campus in different forms. "I spend all my Bean Bucks on Starbucks." "Coffee is life." But with Lent, a season of sacrifice, right around the corner, we must ask ourselves whether or not we can actually survive without ... [Read More…]

Social media and the Internet have taken the celebration of Black history to a new level. After the Black Lives Matter movement, members of the black community have expressed discontent with how people handle race-related conversation and feel that issues are properly recognized or taken seriously. But different media outlets have redeemed ... [Read More…]

One of the most unsettling commercials in this year's Super Bowl was the "No More" domestic violence ad. The ad was simple, with no music, displaying only text messages on an iPhone screen. One girl texts her friend and invites her to a Super Bowl party. The friend says she can't go out because "Jake is in one of his moods." The first friend ... [Read More…]

The NFL is cracking down on the safety of the players, but what are they doing for the safety of the people? Fans can argue all they want about how the game is being ruined by the referees, or how the league is rigged, but at the end of the day the league's biggest problem is crisis managing the high maintenance egos of its athletes. A perfect ... [Read More…]

Sing song is just a week away, and people are going to get overly competitive as usual. We all seem to get a little edgy because of the lack of sleep and inter-club/inter-class rivalry. Most people are guilty of getting too into the annual event, and if they say they don't, then they're lying. Although I try not too, I still get into the ... [Read More…]